Marina Baginsky Lowe: Building bridges and finding common ground, saying yes, and stepping outside comfort zone

Marina joins us today to share about multiple transitions in her life including living abroad at various times, going to law school, finding herself without both parents at the age of 40, working many years for the ACLU and recently moving to Equality Utah. She shares about advocating for legislation and policy in Utah working to build bridges across party lines, and explains about a recent bill she was involved in passing. We loved her perspective on listening to understand and finding common ground. She shares about many places she has lived and her thoughts on stepping outside of our comfort zones and taking advantage of opportunities. 

 

Marina is a wife and mother of two daughters, ages 12 and 14. She is an advocate and lobbyist focused on civil liberties issues, currently representing Equality Utah as well as other nonprofits on issues such as LGBT rights and reproductive freedom. Over the years she has successfully drafted and passed numerous bills in the Utah State Legislature on topics from bail and policing reform to prison and jail conditions to strengthening 4th amendment protections in the face of new and emerging technologies. Marina was born in Oxford, England, grew up in Northern California, and before graduating from the University of California Hastings College of the Law, spent two years working in marketing at Hewlett-Packard in Grenoble, France.

 

Marina was so much fun to talk with and we loved hearing about her unique experiences and perspective and learning about the impactful work she is doing. Thank you so much, Marina, for taking the time to come on our podcast!

 

Learn more about the work Marina is doing at Equality Utah @equalityutah.

 

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